The Yankees, staked to a second-inning lead when Bobby Bonds belted a three-run homer, were held to two hits the rest of the way by Wilbur Wood, who was credited with his 13th victory when the White Sox rallied to win, 5-3. Jorge Orta led the comeback, collecting a single, double and triple, scoring three runs and driving in one.

He scored the first Chicago run in the third on Bucky Dent's sacrifice fly, tallied again on a Dent single in the fifth, drove in the tying run with a sixth-inning double, then scored, together with Bob Coluccio who had singled, on Brian Downing's base hit. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    20, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
White Sox    0  0  1    0  1  3    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Yankees      0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hairston lf           2   0   0   0     2   1   .286      Bonds cf              4   1   1   3     0   1   .265
  Nyman lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Dent ss               4   0   3   2     0   0   .290      White lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Henderson cf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Munson c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .316
D. Johnson 1b         4   0   0   0     1   0   .242      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .267
Melton 3b             5   0   0   0     0   3   .224      Piniella rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Stein dh              3   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Chambliss 1b          3   1   2   0     0   0   .295
  Kelly ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Williams dh           3   1   2   0     0   1   .270
Coluccio rf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .218      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Orta 2b               3   3   3   1     1   0   .303        Dempsey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Downing c             4   0   1   2     0   1   .242        Brinkman ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5  10   5     4   9             Totals               32   3   6   3     1   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 12,304
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Yankees 3
DP: White Sox 0, Yankees 1
Errors: May
Doubles: Stein (7), Orta (22), Alomar (10), Chambliss (24)
Triples: Orta (10)
Home Runs: Bonds (23)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (16)
Caught Stealing: Williams (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Dent (8)
GIDP: Henderson (14)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood W(13-16)           9     6   3   3   1   7   1  33   3.98
Totals                  9     6   3   3   1   7   1  33

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(11-9)             7     8   5   4   3   5   0  32   3.12
Dobson                  2     2   0   0   1   4   0   9   3.92
Totals                  9    10   5   4   4   9   0  41

Wild Pitches: May (5)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Rich Garcia


WHITE SOX 1ST: Hairston walked; Dent singled to left [Hairston
to second]; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hairston to third, Dent out at second]; D.
Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds flied out to center; Alomar doubled to left;
White grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar stole third;
Munson walked; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton struck out; Stein grounded out (pitcher to
first); Coluccio lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella flied out to left; Chambliss doubled to
center; Williams singled to center [Chambliss to third]; Stanley
lined to third; Bonds homered [Chambliss scored, Williams
scored]; Alomar flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta singled to left; Downing reached on an error
by May [Orta to second]; Hairston grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Orta to third, Downing to second]; Dent hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Orta scored (unearned)]; Henderson
struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Munson
struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: D. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Melton
struck out; Stein grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Piniella flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out
(first to pitcher); Williams singled to shortstop; Williams was
picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Coluccio struck out; Orta walked; May threw a
wild pitch [Orta to second]; Downing grounded out (pitcher to
first); Hairston walked; Dent singled to left [Orta scored,
Hairston to second]; Henderson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley flied out to right; Bonds struck out;
Alomar made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: D. Johnson flied out to center; Melton grounded
out (third to first); Stein doubled to right; Coluccio singled
to pitcher [Stein to third]; Orta doubled to center [Stein
scored, Coluccio to third]; Downing singled to third [Coluccio
scored, Orta scored]; Hairston struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Dent singled to center; Henderson grounded out
(third to first) [Dent to second]; D. Johnson made an out to
second; Melton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
singled to pitcher; Williams struck out; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR
STANLEY; Dempsey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING SS); DOBSON
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); KELLY BATTED FOR STEIN; Kelly grounded
out (pitcher to first); Coluccio struck out; Orta tripled to
right; Downing was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 8TH: NYMAN REPLACED HAIRSTON (PLAYING LF); Bonds
grounded out (third to first); Alomar struck out; White struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nyman was called out on strikes; Dent flied out
to left; Henderson singled to right; D. Johnson walked
[Henderson to second]; Melton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 5, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson flied out to left; Nettles struck out;
Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 5, Yankees 3.